Grassley Calls for Answers on ‘Communication Breakdown’ Among Law Enforcement Leading Up to Trump Assassination Attempt

Grassley Calls for Answers on 'Communication Breakdown' Among Law Enforcement Leading Up to Trump Assassination Attempt

Fox News interviews Grassley ahead of Senate hearing with FBI, Secret Service

WASHINGTON - Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) today joined America's Newsroom to discuss his oversight of the security failures that led to the assassination attempt on former President Trump. The evidence Grassley has received and made public - law enforcement text messages, bodycam footage, briefing materials and an after-action report - provide the most detailed picture of the shooting at Trump's July 13 rally in Butler, Pennsylvania.

"It's just bad when a member of Congress has to get his information from local law enforcement instead of from the federal agencies. [I've] turned over everything [I] have now, and if [I] get more, [I]'ll turn it over. I believe in transparency. The public's business ought to be public, and the protection of a presidential candidate ought to be a top priority," Grassley said.

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Grassley underscored the need for his bipartisan PROTECT Act, which would subject Secret Service directors to Senate confirmation and a single, 10-year term. He additionally commented on so-called Supreme Court "reforms" the Biden-Harris administration unveiled yesterday, noting the framework constitutes blatant executive overreach into the independent judicial branch.

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